Lifetime Learning: "The Musical on Film"

Event Details

The cost of this 4-part course is $25 dollars. Registration forms are available at the library and online.

Film has established itself as a dominant source of cultural
influence throughout much of the world. From the multiplex to the art house and
increasingly to our living rooms, we come to experience the joys, sorrows, and
grandeur that life has to offer reflected back to us through the clever
juxtaposition of light and sound.

The musical genre is arguably the purest expression of
cinema. During musicals the walls of reality are often breached and the
audience is forced to contend with and bask in the realm of dreams and fantasy.
This series will investigate the various ways that directors, choreographers,
musicians, composers, and performers surprise and delight us through their
specific manipulations on film.